Two months after the start of hurricane season, something big may be brewing in the tropics.
In the 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, tropics advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, a non-tropical area of low pressure (nicknamed AL95) in the western Atlantic about 180 miles off the coast of North Carolina may become a tropical or subtropical depression or storm Sunday or Monday while it moves east-northeast, away from North Carolina. And in the central tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave was forecast to move off the west coast of Africa.
A day earlier, "AL95" had formed along a frontal boundary about 150 miles off the coast of North Carolina, and its chances of formation had slightly increased. Although it appears close to North Carolina and South Carolina and increased to a 50% chance of cyclone formation as of Sunday, it's important to note that the tropical system is moving away from the coast.
The National Hurricane Center referenced the large tropical wave off the west coast of Africa (see graphic below) in its Saturday night tropics advisory on Aug. 2.
Additional slow development could occur through early next week.
